I've been rather busy the past week and the next few weeks are not looking much better. I'm not complaining though, I like being active as much as possible.

Last weekend we had a paintball tournament in FL. It was the first event in the regional tournament series. We did not do as well as expected but I attribute the poor performance to the lack of practice. Sure the team consists of several talented players but many had never played together on the same team and so team communication was lacking to non-existent.

I have been busy with website development lately. Currently I have two projects I am working on and two more in the pipeline. As it stands I am doing them on a barter system which I tend to lean more towards as I don't have to pay taxes! With the added attention I am receiving I decided to redesign my company logo, which I develop the software under(Triple 3 Studios).

So I have been slowly working on my first violin. Things progress slowly due to limited funds. I have managed to get the mould nearly completed. I need to varnish it and wax the edges to prevent glue from sticking to it. The metal plate on top is the pattern. There are a variety of holes in the pattern that will come into play later in the development of the instrument.

You can see the center hole is rather large. I'm not to happy about the outcome and am worried that the thin sides may lead to warping later on. Hopefully the varnish will help reduce any warping. I still have to cut the top and bottom holes and square up some of the cuts.

This is the current workstation setup. I'm in the process of reworking the garage so that I have more room but having two roomates makes things . . . well . . . difficult.

The batteries for my hand drill died completely so I may have to buy a new drill or some new batteries. To replace both batteries it would cost nearly $70 so I think I may be better off getting a new drill (still researching).

It’s funny, I heard the Coldplay song “Yellow” today. I have not listened to the song since the very first time I heard it years ago in college. Yes, that’s right I have only heard the song twice now. I specifically never listened to the song since that time.

I can recall exactly when and where I heard it the song. I was up all night working on a project for one of my computer classes. I can recall the exact program I was writing too! I had the TV on to make sure I stayed awake (I can’t seem to fall asleep if a TV is on, weird I know) and it was on MTV and “Yellow” came on.

With all the crap that was happening in my life at the time coupled with stress from school and life in general, I sat down in complete awe and simply soaked in the song. Then I sat and watched the sun come up until I couldn’t look at it any longer.

I don’t think there is any special meaning or some sort of profoundness associated with the song, I just think it’s amazing how hearing the song can bring back all those memories.